Filesystem Functions
PHP Manual

fclose

Closes an open file pointer

Description

bool fclose ( resource $handle )

The file pointed to by handle is closed.

Parameters

handle

The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen or fsockopen.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 A simple fclose example

<?php

$handle = fopen('somefile.txt', 'r');

fclose($handle);

?>

See Also

  • fopen
  • fsockopen